God didn’t design you to sustain life, but to bring life. Genesis 1:28 (NIV) God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number… John 7:38 (NIV) Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”
“Our purpose is not survival; it’s revival.”
1 Kings 17:17-24 (NIV) 17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. 18 She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?” 19 “Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. 20 Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have you brought tragedy also upon this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” 21 Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried to the LORD, “O LORD my God, let this boy’s life return to him!” 22 The LORD heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived. 23 Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, “Look, your son is alive!” 24 Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.”
Releasing Revival 1. It’s already in you. Romans 8:11 (NLT) The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
Luke 17:20-21 (NIV) 20 Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, 21 nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you.”
2. Take responsibility Verse 19 “Give me your Son”
Revival is our responsibility!
3. It starts in an upper room. Verse: 19...He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying.
4. Costs us our comfort 1 Kings 17:21 Then he stretched himself out on the boy… Stretch yourself.
5. Consistency Counts Verser 21 Then, he stretched himself out on the boy three times.
DON’T GIVE UP ON TWO!
“A lifestyle of consistency is more effective than a moment of Intensity.”
Matthew 7:7 (NLT) “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on
